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ADES Holding Seeks to Raise $1.2b from IPO in Tadawul

ADES Holding Seeks to Raise $1.2b from IPO in Tadawul
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ADES Holding Seeks to Raise $1.2b from IPO in Tadawul

ADES Holding Seeks to Raise $1.2b from IPO in Tadawul

Oil and gas driller ADES Holding, backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, began marketing its initial public offering on Sunday, seeking 12.50 riyals ($3.33) to 13.50 riyals a share.

ADES plans to raise as much as 4.6 billion riyals ($1.2 billion) from the public-share sale.

The total stake being offered is 30% of the company.

ADES IPO is set to be Saudi Arabia’s biggest, according to Bloomberg.

The book-building process for this IPO is open from Sept. 10-14.

The public share sale would comprise 338.7 million ordinary shares, resulting in a free float of 30 percent after the sale of a mix of existing and newly issued shares.

The company is selling 237.1 million new shares in the IPO.

Selling shareholders PIF, ADES Investments Holdings and Zamil Group Investment will collectively sell 101.6 million existing shares in proportion to their shareholding.

ADES will also issue 237,103,128 new shares.

EFG Holding’s EFG Hermes, Goldman Sachs Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and SNB Capital are financial advisers and global coordinators for the IPO.

ADES is a leading oil and gas drilling and production services provider in the Middle East and North Africa region. It has a fleet of 85 rigs and operations across seven countries, including India where three rigs will be operating this year, according to its website.

The company’s revenue from contracts with customers reached SAR 1.98 billion in the first half of the year compared to SAR 2.5 billion during FY 2022.

The company’s total backlog as of 30 June 2023 is SAR 27.6 billion.

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OPEC Again Cuts 2024, 2025 Oil Demand Growth Forecasts

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OPEC Again Cuts 2024, 2025 Oil Demand Growth Forecasts

The OPEC logo. Reuters
The OPEC logo. Reuters

OPEC cut its forecast for global oil demand growth this year and next on Tuesday, highlighting weakness in China, India and other regions, marking the producer group's fourth consecutive downward revision in the 2024 outlook.

The weaker outlook highlights the challenge facing OPEC+, which comprises the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies such as Russia, which earlier this month postponed a plan to start raising output in December against a backdrop of falling prices.

In a monthly report on Tuesday, OPEC said world oil demand would rise by 1.82 million barrels per day in 2024, down from growth of 1.93 million bpd forecast last month. Until August, OPEC had kept the outlook unchanged since its first forecast in July 2023.

In the report, OPEC also cut its 2025 global demand growth estimate to 1.54 million bpd from 1.64 million bpd, Reuters.

China accounted for the bulk of the 2024 downgrade. OPEC trimmed its Chinese growth forecast to 450,000 bpd from 580,000 bpd and said diesel use in September fell year-on-year for a seventh consecutive month.

"Diesel has been under pressure from a slowdown in construction amid weak manufacturing activity, combined with the ongoing deployment of LNG-fuelled trucks," OPEC said with reference to China.

Oil pared gains after the report was issued, with Brent crude trading below $73 a barrel.

Forecasts on the strength of demand growth in 2024 vary widely, partly due to differences over demand from China and the pace of the world's switch to cleaner fuels.

OPEC is still at the top of industry estimates and has a long way to go to match the International Energy Agency's far lower view.

The IEA, which represents industrialised countries, sees demand growth of 860,000 bpd in 2024. The agency is scheduled to update its figures on Thursday.

- OUTPUT RISES

OPEC+ has implemented a series of output cuts since late 2022 to support prices, most of which are in place until the end of 2025.

The group was to start unwinding the most recent layer of cuts of 2.2 million bpd from December but said on Nov. 3 it will delay the plan for a month, as weak demand and rising supply outside the group maintain downward pressure on the market.

OPEC's output is also rising, the report showed, with Libyan production rebounding after being cut by unrest. OPEC+ pumped 40.34 million bpd in October, up 215,000 bpd from September. Iraq cut output to 4.07 million bpd, closer to its 4 million bpd quota.

As well as Iraq, OPEC has named Russia and Kazakhstan as among the OPEC+ countries which pumped above quotas.

Russia's output edged up in October by 9,000 bpd to about 9.01 million bpd, OPEC said, slightly above its quota.